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L.T. kisses his way into Wrestlemania
NFL Hall of Famer to wrestle Bam Bam
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NEW YORK — After 13 years of terrorizing quarterbacks from Joe Theismann to Troy Aikman, future National Football League Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor hoped for an acting career. Yesterday, his wish came true.
Taylor, to the delight of some former teammates and to the disbelief of many others, signed with the World Wrestling Federation to battle 300-pound Bam Bam Bigelow in a feature match at Wrestlerman XI. Goodbye, L.T. Hello, Lawrence the Giant.
The deal was sealed with a kiss,
planted by Taylor on Bigelow's big, ugly, bearded, earringed, tattooed head. The very odd couple will meet in the ring on April 2 in Hartford, Conn., with LT picking up a reported $500,000 paycheck.
"I think Bam Bam has problems — mental problems," Taylor said at a Manhattan news conference. Some in the crowd hinted that Bam Bam wasn't alone after this bizarre pit stop on Taylor's road to the Hall of Fame.
Not so, said the perennial All-Pro linebacker, who retired in January 1994 after 13 often-spectacular seasons.
"Whether you believe it or not, these guys are real athletes," said Taylor, sharing a podium with "real athletes" Big Daddy Cool Diesel, Sid Vicious and Shawn "Heartbreak
Kid" Michaels.
While professional wrestling and professional football share nothing outside a predilection for Roman numerals, Taylor was confident of a victory in this match. (See the script, perhaps?)
And he proved adept at handling the often pointed queries about his new career.
"They can run me out of a lot of things, but money ain't one of 'em," Taylor said.
Did money problems land him in the ring?
The match was announced with typical WWF overkill, before a packed Manhattan news conference that was taped for repackaging as promotions for the big showdown.
Taylor seemed to enjoy the spectacle, which left him and some current New York Giants cracking up.
Then L.T. met Bam Bam.
Before taking the stage, Taylor stood shaking his head and smiling widely as wrestler Michael's delivered a wild, egotistical rant.
Giants tight end Howard Cross, standing in the crowd, was reduced to giggles at this point.
"If Bam Bam Bigelow was on the football field, playing in the NFL, you wouldn't be hearing about Lawrence Taylor," Bigelow announced with a straight (for him) face. "I know I could have done a better job than L.T."
Sooner outperforms league for third time
Once Bigelow concluded his comments — "This is my world, L.T." "You've got to love that. That was great," Cross said grinning.
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Ryan Minor was named Big Eight player of the week Monday for his performance in Oklahoma's victories over Kansas and Oklahoma State last week.
Minor, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward from Hammon, Okla., averaged 30 points and 6.5 rebounds in the two games. He made 11 of 20 shots from the field against Kansas and hit a key three-point shot in overtime against the Cowboys.
Minor leads the Big Eight in scoring with a 24-point average for all games and is second in rebounding at 8.4 per game. He also is second in free-throw shooting at 85 percent.
It was the third time this season he has won player-of the week honors.
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There may be truth to Montana's retirement
Teammate says quarterback unhappy with Kansas City
ESPN — NCAA Basketball, Syracuse at St.
John's
The Associated Press
ESPN2— NHL Hockey, Chicago at Anaheim
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It's no longer just anonymous sources saying Joe Montana's about to retire.
Safety David Whitmore, who came from San Francisco in the same 1993 trade that brought Montana to Kansas City, said the four-time Super Bowl winner indicated as much to him.
"He's probably done, that's all I can say. I have to be careful what I say," Whitmore told BIBW-TV in Topeka, Kan., on Monday.
Whitmore, in Topeka for a charity appearance, said he spoke with Montana Sunday night. Whitmore said there's probably a lot of truth to reports in the San Jose Mercury News that Montana will retire because he doesn't believe the Chiefs can reach the Super Bowl.
"There's a lot of things he's real unhappy about with the organization and things of that nature," Whitmore said. "I hate to see Joe go. I think it will be something he should announce."
A Chiefs spokesman said team president Carl Peterson talked to Montana a few days ago "and he never made any comments regarding the organization. None whatsoever."
"I would dispute David Whitmore on that," Bob Moore told The Associated Press. "Joe's never made any indication he's upset with the organization."
Montana, who will be remembered as perhaps the greatest quarterback of all time, turns 39 in a few months.
He has been the subject of several published reports quoting sources that he intends to retire. He has one year left on the three-year contract he signed in 1993 after two years of inactivity in San Francisco, where he lost his job to Steve Young.
Last week, the Contra Costa Times reported Montana had scheduled radical career-ending knee surgery. The surgery was not performed, although Mercury News sources told the paper it is scheduled later this year.
"It's getting ridiculous," Moore said of the newspaper reports. "We've been talking about this since last November. It does get very, very tiring."
Tom Condon, Montana's agent, was traveling Monday and not immediately available for comment.
The Chiefs finished 9-7 last year and lost to Miami in the first round of the playoffs. Unlike in his first season in Kansas City, Montana stayed relatively injury-free as the team gave up a club record-low 19 sacks.
But Whitmore indicated Montana may be concerned about the team's title prospects.
"We are struggling. When a guy gets to the point in his career Joe's reached, he's not playing for anything but championships." Whitmore said. "He's already achieved everything else. You get in a situation where you've got that doubt, it's time to let it go."
Asked if he'd be surprised if the reports of Montana's pending retirement were true, Whitmore said, "No, I wouldn't."
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